I join with the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (http://www.goacta.org/) and the National Association of Scholars (http://www.nas.org/who.cfm) in calling for more education in the classics, Western Civilization, and American History.
Despite having had a great public education myself, it is glaringly obvious that I was somewhat shortchanged on these very important topics. Except for 2 or 3 classes in high school and then several good professors at Cal, I didn't get a sufficient dose of the real philosophical and historical underpinnings of Western Civilization. I don't know why these topics are so out of favor. Almost nothing could be more important for the learned American mind.
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